the prisons, however, we are taken to court, and are introduced to the old prince-regnant, to his dissolute grandson and heir, and to his amiable granddaughter, who is in love with Arnstein _alias_ Bushby. For a final extract, we select a scene in the grounds of the country residence of the sovereign, who has just installed himself there for the fine season, and where two important personages of the novel--the crown-prince and Geigenfritz--are first brought before the reader. The park behind the palace was of great extent. Gardens, pieces of water, slopes planted with vines, thick shrubberies and tracts of woodland, were there mingled in an apparently wild disorder which was in reality the result of careful arrangement and consideration. The whole was surrounded by a lofty wall, in which were three or four small doors. A thick forest came close up to the outside of the wall, and was intersected by several roads. Along one of these roads drove an elegant travelling carriage, drawn by two extremely swift and powerful horses. A bearded man, of Jewish aspect, muffled in a huge coachman's coat, sat upon the box. The shutters of the vehicle were drawn up, so that it could not be seen into. It stopped at the edge of the forest. The door opened, and a little man, also of Israelitish appearance, but very richly dressed, got out. He left the door open. "Turn round, Abraham!" said he in Jewish jargon to the driver. The coachman obeyed, so that the horses' heads were in the direction whence they came. "Stop!" The carriage stood still, and the little man walked round it, examining it minutely on all sides, as if to make sure that it was sound and complete in every part. With equal attention he inspected the harness and limbs of the vigorous horses. "Keep a sharp watch, Abraham, for my return." "Don't be afraid, Moses." "The very minute I get in, drive off at full speed. But no sooner--d'ye hear?--no sooner." "Why should I sooner?" retorted the coachman sharply, in the same dialect. "Not till I am quite safe in the carriage--till you see, till you hear, that I have shut the door. You must hear it, you must watch with your ears, for you must not take your eyes off the horses." "Don't frighten yourself, fool!" "And, Abraham, quit not the box during my absence, and be sure and leave the door open, that I may jump in at once on my return." The coachman answered not. "And, one thing more. Dear Abraham, will the horses hold out?--six German miles?--without resting. Are you sure the carriage will not break down?" "Begone, fearful fool, and leave carriage and horses to my care!" The little man looked at his watch. "Exactly five. It is just the time. Once more, dear Abraham, keep a sharp look-out, I entreat you."